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Health Equity in the Heartland
To highlight opportunities to build on the strengths, assets, and resources of a community, the HERO established the Oklahoma Health Equity Campaign (OHEC). OHEC raises awareness among state and community leaders of health inequities and engages them in conversation and action to address these inequities. OHEC places an emphasis on upstream policies to promote better health, such as: investing in schools, improving housing, integrating neighborhoods, creating living wage jobs with career ladders, and fostering equitable fiscal policies.
This presentation provides insights into the development of activities and products of HERO and OHEC. This presentation shows how a state health department can engage multi-sector partners to help them recognize the importance of addressing health with prevention rather than the solely the healthcare system. Oklahoma will describe its organizational and community outreach strategies for institutionalizing the advancement of health equity within programs and policies across the state.
Learning Areas:
Communication and informaticsImplementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe how non-traditional partners are essential to maximizing the health of all individuals.
List key leadership decisions that strategically support the infrastructure necessary to institutionalize health equity within Oklahoma’s health department system.
Describe the Oklahoma Health Equity Campaign and its key components.
Keyword(s): Health Disparities/Inequities, Public Health Policy
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an occupational therapist with an MPH in Health Administration and Policy. I have worked for the Oklahoma State Department of Health since 2000. Presently, I am the manager of the Health Equity & Resource Opportunities Division where I build partnerships with non-health sectors. One of my primary roles is to provide technical assistance to the Oklahoma Health Equity Campaign, a statewide coalition. Partners represent housing, transportation, food, literacy, health and the general community.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.